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Letters Patent lVo. 70,372, dated October 29, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY-POCKETS.

To ALL WHOM Ir MAY CONCERN: y

Be it known that I, HENRY D. SNYDER, ofthe city of Carbondale, county of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Pocket for Pants, Coats, and Vests, and such other articles ot' dress' as pockets are usually worn in, for preventing the pockets frombeing robbed or picked of their contents, and from losing any article placed therein; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters oi reference' marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in making a pocket, from drilling or other material ordinarily used in making pockets, in the usual form, and providing a lining of the same material or any other cloth, and attaching the springs marked A crosswise of the pockets, at any convenient distances apart, say one inch for pants. The said spring is made from iron, steel, wood, or any flexible material, the length being the width ofthe pocket, with a clasp or knoh at the end for fastening them to the pocket, so that the ends are movable, so as to allow the spring to open and shut. The springs, thus made, are placed two atwise to each other, and for'm pairs, and are then placed upon the outside of the lining, and attached to it. Several of these pairs, depending upon the length of the pocket, are thus fastened to the lining. 'When thus fastened, the lining is fastened to the pocket inside in the same manner that the pocket is put into the garment, so that the springs surround the lining and are between it and tlicrpocket, 'and are so placed that when the pocket is empty the springs close up i the lining, but when the hand or any object is put into the pocket, it opens the first pair of` springs, and so opera-tes up'on'ea-ch succeeding pair of springs till it reaches the bottom. Whenthe hand is withdrawn, the springs above the object placed in the pocket close up, and thereby hold the object secure. The pressure requirerhr ingetting the hand in the pocket through the springs vis so greatV that the wearer-would feel the effort, and be notified if any attempt should be made to pick the pocket; and the springs, being made of iron or steel, or even wood, and only placed an inch apart crosswise of the pocket, would prevent the cuttingthrough with a knife fromfthe outside, so as t0 extract the-contents in that way, thus preventing picking the pocket either by inserting the hand or cutting it open from the outside, and the springs thus closed above any object placed in the pocket would prevent losing by accident.

Whatl claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A safety-pocket, constructed with a series of springs between the pocket and its lining,

substantially as described.

HENRY D. SNYDER.

Witnesses:

J. D. Biemans, G. W. REYNOLDS. 

